It was the era that produced some of the icons of civilization: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Last Supper and Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, Piet^, and David. As masterpieces by the likes of Caravaggio, Donato Bramante, Donatello, El Greco, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sandro Botticelli, Raphael, and Titian emerged, new heights of human potential were imagined. The Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art covers the years 1250 to 1648, the period most disciplines place as the Renaissance Era. A complete portrait of this remarkable period is depicted in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on major Renaissance painters, sculptors, architects, and patrons, as well as relevant historical figures and events, the foremost artistic centers, schools and periods.

在这个时代，产生了一些文明的标志。达芬奇的《蒙娜丽莎》和《最后的晚餐》以及米开朗基罗的《西斯廷天花板》、《皮特^》和《大卫》。随着卡拉瓦乔、多纳托-布拉曼特、多纳泰罗、埃尔-格列柯、菲利普-布鲁内莱斯基、桑德罗-波提切利、拉斐尔和提香等人的杰作不断涌现，人们对人类潜力的新高度充满想象。文艺复兴艺术历史词典》涵盖了1250年至1648年，这段时期被大多数学科视为文艺复兴时代。本书通过年表、介绍性文章、书目和500多个交叉引用的词典条目，描述了这一非凡时期的完整面貌，这些条目涉及文艺复兴时期的主要画家、雕塑家、建筑师和赞助人，以及相关历史人物和事件、最重要的艺术中心、流派和时期。